Index of Short Stories from
Edward J. O'Brien's
THE BEST SHORT STORIES (1915 - 1917)

Stories, Listed by Author

WALLACE, (Richard Horatio) EDGAR (1875-1932)

• * Bones and a Lady [Commissioner Sanders; Bones], (ss) Colliers Aug 25 1917
• * Bones and the Wireless [Commissioner Sanders; Bones], (ss) Colliers Jul 8 1916
• * Bones Changes His Religion [Commissioner Sanders; Bones], (ss) Colliers Jun 3 1916
• * “Bones”, (ss) Colliers Jan 16 1915
• * Bones, Sanders, and Another [Commissioner Sanders; Bones], (ss) Colliers May 6 1916
• * Bones: Kingmaker, (ss) Colliers Sep 23 1916
• * The Breaking Point [Commissioner Sanders; Bones], (ss) Colliers Oct 6 1917
• * The Case of Lasky, (ss) Everybody’s Magazine Nov 1917
• * Code No. 2, (ss) The Strand Apr 1916
  • Every Week Jul 24 1916
• * The Coming of Müller, (ss) Everybody’s Magazine Dec 1917
• * Eye to Eye [Commissioner Sanders], (ss) Colliers Apr 7 1917
• * The Greater Battle, (ss) Colliers Nov 6 1915
• * The Green Crocodile, (ss) Colliers Mar 20 1915
• * The Northern Men [Commissioner Sanders; Bones], (ss) Colliers Dec 2 1916
• * Puppies of the Pack, (ss) Everybody’s Magazine Nov 1917
• * The Son of Sandi [Commissioner Sanders; Bones], (ss) Colliers Dec 1 1917
• * The Soul of the Native Woman [Commissioner Sanders], (ss) Colliers Jan 30 1915
• * The Strafing of Müller, (ss) Everybody’s Magazine Dec 1917
• * The Straightened Angle, (ss) Colliers Dec 15 1915
• * The Stranger Who Walked by Night, (ss) Colliers Apr 17 1915
• * Tam o’ the Scoots, (sl) Everybody’s Magazine Nov, Dec 1917
• * The Waters of Madness [Commissioner Sanders], (ss) Colliers Jul 7 1917

WALLACE, MINNIE McINTIRE

• * Complete Romance, (ss) The Illustrated Sunday Magazine Apr 18 1915
• * The Wax Works, (ss) The Illustrated Sunday Magazine May 2 1915

WALLING, ANNA STRUNSKY

• * Torture, (ss) International May 1915

WALPOLE, [Sir] HUGH (Seymour) (1884-1941)

• * The Twisted Inn, (ss) The Smart Set Jun 1915

WALSH, GEO(rge) E(thelbert) (1865-1941)

• * La Revanche, (ss) The Illustrated Sunday Magazine Feb 28 1915

WARD, A(rthur Henry) SARSFIELD (1883-1959); see pseudonym Sax Rohmer

WARD, BENJAMIN

• * The Key to Nowhere, (ss) Everybody’s Magazine Jan 1915

WARD, HERBERT D(ickinson) (1861-1932)

• * The Lion’s Eyes, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Dec 9 1916

WARNER, ANNE; [i.e., Anne Warner French] (1869-1913)

• * The Amazing Event That Caused Miss Qegg to Disappear for Good, (ss) Ladies Home Journal Apr 1916
• * Such a Little House, (sl) The Saturday Evening Post Aug 19, Aug 26 1916
• * Susan Develops New Troubles: Her Imagination Begins to Work, (ss) Ladies Home Journal Feb 1916
• * Susan Goes Boarding, (ss) Ladies Home Journal Dec 1915
• * Susan Has Her Troubles with the New House, and Jathrop Coming Home, (ss) Ladies Home Journal Mar 1916
• * Susan Moves and Finds Even Worse Troubles than Before, (ss) Ladies Home Journal Jan 1916

WARNER, GERTRUDE CHANDLER

• * Miss Anne’s “Things”, (ss) McBride’s Oct 1915

WARREN, ELIZABETH

• * Sub-Marine, A Peaceful Tale, (ss) McBride’s Jan 1916

WARREN, MAUDE RADFORD (1875-1934)

• * Alimony, (ss) Pictorial Review Feb 1916
• * The Human Fraction, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Dec 26 1914
• * Ideals, (ss) Harper’s Jan 1917
• * A Life Job, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post May 20 1916
• * A Lily of the Field, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Jun 27 1914
• * A Man’s Profit, (ss) Colliers Aug 5 1916
• * The Miracle, (ss) Associated Sunday Magazines, Inc. Feb 21 1915
• * The Mother, (ss) Pictorial Review Nov 1915
• * Mr. Durgan and the Futurists, (ss) Harper’s Apr 1915
• * Mr. Durgan and the Servant Problem, (ss) Harper’s Feb 1915
• * Mr. Durgan and the Tango, (ss) Harper’s Aug 1914
• * Mr. Durgan and Violet, (ss) Harper’s Oct 1914
• * Mr. Durgan Rides Down Cupid, (ss) Harper’s Aug 1915
• * Mr. Durgan’s Cousin Beatrice, (ss) Harper’s Dec 1914
• * Sit on a Cushion and Sew a Fine Seam, (ss) The Delineator Sep 1917
• * Their Children, (ss) Good Housekeeping Dec 1916
• * The Torch, (ss) Harper’s Mar 1915
• * You Can Always Bluff ’Em, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Feb 5 1916

WASHBURN, BEATRICE

• * Until Six O’Clock, (ss) The Bellman Mar 31 1917

WASHBURN, ELIZABETH; [i.e., Elizabeth Washburn Wright]

• * The Storm in the Night, (ss)
  • The Bellman Jul 1 1916
• * A Yellow Dog, (ss) The Bellman Nov 20 1915

WASSON, DAVID A.

• * La Bête Noire, (ss) The Bellman Jan 27 1917
• * Biggs’s Bread and Butter, (ss) The Youth’s Companion Dec 21 1916
• * Campaigning in Cucharras, (ss) The Bellman Jan 9 1915
• * The Fall of Enderson, (ss) The Bellman Apr 22 1916
• * The Female of the Species, (ss) The Black Cat Feb 1913
  • The Black Cat Apr 1917
• * The King of Sports, (ss) The Bellman Nov 25 1916

WATERMAN, CHARLES E.

• * The Return of Bolduc, (ss) Springfield Republican Dec 10 1916

WATSON, H(enry) B(rereton) MARRIOTT (1863-1921)

• * The Prisoners for Virginia, (ss) Associated Sunday Magazines, Inc. Feb 14 1915

WATTS, C. S.

• * A Little Sugar, (ss) Colliers Nov 28 1914

WATTS, MARY S(tanbery) (1868-1958)

• * Personally Conducted, (ss) The American Magazine Mar 1915

WAYNE, CHARLES STOKES (1858-1920)

• * A Delicate Matter, (ss) The Smart Set Jan 1917

WEADOCK, LOUIS

• * The Love Affair of No.9, (ss) Colliers Jan 31 1914

WEBSTER, HENRY KITCHELL (1875-1932)

• * The Accidental, (ss) Metropolitan Magazine Dec 1917
• * Amber, (ss) McClure’s May 1915
• * Dorothy for the Day, (ss) Metropolitan Magazine Nov 1917
• * The Highbrow Lady, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Feb 21 1914
• * The Honorable Sylvia, (ss) Harper’s Jan 1914
• * How to Appreciate Henry, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Mar 20 1915
• * The One Girl, (ss) McClure’s Feb 1915
• * The Painted Scene, (ss) Colliers Apr 4 1914
• * The Redeemer, (ss) McClure’s Jan 1915
• * The Second Rescue, (ss) Metropolitan Magazine Dec 1916
• * The Spring of the Year, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Jan 31 1914
• * Strictly Vicarious, (ss) Metropolitan Magazine Jan 1914
• * Vanilla, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post May 9 1914

WEBSTER, MALCOLM B.

• * “The Kaiser’s Masterpiece”, (ss) Snappy Stories Mar 4 1917

WEIL, DOROTHY

• * A New Woman, (ss) Masses Jan 1916

WEIMAN, RITA (1889-1954)

• * Curtis Capitulates, (ss) National Sunday Magazine Jul 18 1915

WEIR, F(lorence) RONEY (1861-?)

• * A Cavalry Charge, (ss) Pictorial Review Dec 1917
• * Father or Fatherland, (ss) The Bellman Mar 6 1915

WELLES, HARRIET

• * The Admiral’s Birthday, (ss) Scribner’s Dec 1917
• * Anchors Aweigh, (ss) Scribner’s Aug 1917
• * Holding Mast, (ss) Scribner’s Oct 1917

WELLS, CAROLYN; [i.e., Carolyn Wells Houghton] (1869-1942)

• * The Adventure of the Clothes-Line, (ss) The Century May 1915
• * The Happily Married Holdens, (ss) National Sunday Magazine Aug 15 1915
• * The Re-echo Club, (ss) Harper’s Jul 1917

WELLS, H(erbert) G(eorge) (1866-1946)

• * Birds of a Feather, (ss)
  • The Illustrated Sunday Magazine Nov 5 1916
• * The Lost Last Trump, (ss) The Century Jul 1915

WELLS, LEILA BURTON

• * “Being Wicked”, (ss) McClure’s Aug 1917
• * Bondage, (ss) Harper’s Jan 1915
• * The Naked Truth, (ss) Harper’s Apr 1916
• * The Obstacle, (ss) Harper’s Sep 1915
• * The Right of Selection, (ss) Harper’s Oct 1916
• * So Very Congenial, (ss) The American Magazine May 1916

WELLS, STEWART

• * According to Specifications, (ss) Lippincott’s Mar 1915
• * Pants, Pegasus, and Patricia, (ss) Lippincott’s Apr 1915

WELLS, WARNER

• * “A Dawg Done It”, (ss) Lippincott’s May 1915

WEST, EVA McKINLEY

• * Carrilla’s Com (with Louise Rand Bascom), (ss) McBride’s Feb 1916

WEST, PAUL (Noden) (1930- )

• * Bruto the Bolt Breaker, (ss) Associated Sunday Magazines, Inc. Mar 14 1915
• * Paint, (ss) Associated Sunday Magazines, Inc. Jan 3 1915

WESTON, GEORGE (1880-1965)

• * Alicia and Little Moses, (ss) Everybody’s Magazine Aug 1916
• * Balm for Lovers, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post May 1 1915
• * Believe It or Not, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Feb 19 1916
• * The Boys They Left Behind Them, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Sep 9 1916
• * Breaking Loose, (ss) Every Week Sep 18 1916
• * A Disappearing Bridegroom, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Nov 13 1915
• * Exit Madame, (ss) Colliers Jun 13 1914
• * A Fine Domestic Finish, (ss) Colliers Aug 1 1914
• * The Fire of Youth, (ss) Every Week Oct 23 1916
• * The Girl Behind Him, (ss) Every Week Jan 31 1916
• * The Girl Who Did n’t Care, (ss) Ladies Home Journal Mar 1916
• * The Girl Who Invented Sweethearts, (ss) Metropolitan Magazine Dec 1915
• * The Girl Who Was a Christmas Tree, (ss) Every Week Dec 25 1916
• * Handsome Mr. Smith, (ss) McClure’s Jul 1915
• * The Honorable Pinky-Pink, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Nov 20 1915
• * The Immemorial Manner, (ss) Colliers Jul 24 1915
• * The Local Correspondent, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Aug 7 1915
• * Madame Pharaoh’s Daughter, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Dec 1 1917
• * Madame’s Doctor, (ss) Colliers Jan 3 1914
• * Madame’s Mexican Mix-Up, (ss) Colliers Apr 4 1914
• * Madame’s Thanksgiving, (ss) Colliers Nov 21 1914
• * Madame’s Third Affair, (ss) Colliers Jan 31 1914
• * Major Pom-Pom, (ss) National Sunday Magazine Jul 16 1916
• * The Making of Madigan, (ss) Every Week Jul 26 1915
• * The Man Who Needed Nerve, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Dec 4 1915
• * The Man Who Tried, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Jul 15 1916
• * The Man Who Was Cracked, (ss) Pictorial Review Oct 1916
• * Marrying Maude, (ss) Colliers Oct 16 1915
• * The Martial Mood of M’sieur, (ss) Colliers Jun 19 1915
• * The Medal of M. Moulin, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Aug 25 1917
• * Miss Mallaby’s Mistake, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post May 8 1915
• * Myrtle McGuire—Detective, (ss) Colliers Jan 23 1915
• * The Old Dominie, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Mar 25 1916
• * A Perfect Gentleman, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Jun 9 1917
• * Pom-Pom vs. Henri, (ss) The Century Aug 1914
• * Putting the Bee in Herbert, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Apr 28 1917
• * The Ruling Passion, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Apr 1 1916
• * The Triumph of Tristan, (ss) The Century Sep 1914
• * Where the Story Begins, (ss) Colliers Jul 11 1914
• * Why I Eloped with Mary, (ss) Ladies Home Journal Oct 1915

WHARTON, EDITH (Newbold, née Jones) (1862-1937)

• * Coming Home, (ss) Scribner’s Dec 1915
• * Kerfol, (ss) Scribner’s Mar 1916
• * The Triumph of Night, (ss) Scribner’s Aug 1914

WHARTON, ELNA HARWOOD

• * Fitting the Punishment to the Offence, (ss) The Delineator Nov 1916
• * The Great American Game, (ss) The Delineator May 1917
• * Laura Intervenes, (ss) The Delineator Apr 1917
• * Pleasure Exertions, (ss) The Delineator Oct 1916
• * The Real Victory, (ss) The Delineator Sep 1916

WHEELER, GRISWOLD

• * The Bread Upon the Waters, (ss) The Black Cat Dec 1917

WHIPPLE, LEON(idas) RUTLEDGE (1882-1964)

• * Peter Winchester, Star Maker, (ss) Everybody’s Magazine Jan 1915

WHITAKER, H(erman) (1867-1919)

• * The Third Wreck, (ss) Sunset Magazine Nov 1915
• * The Widow’s Might, (ss) Sunset Magazine Mar 1915

WHITBY, THOMAS

• * “Belle Air”, (ss) The Illustrated Sunday Magazine May 2 1915

WHITE, HENRY

• * Capturing the Delegate, (ss) Colliers Apr 11 1914

WHITE, MICHAEL

• * The Great Hassanbad Handicap, (ss) Associated Sunday Magazines, Inc. Apr 18 1915
• * Ordeal of the Ring, (ss) Associated Sunday Magazines, Inc. Jan 10 1915

WHITE, SAMUEL ALEXANDER (1885-1956)

• * Couriers of Chance, (ss) Colliers Feb 5 1916
• * The Cup of Calamity, (ss) Colliers Jan 2 1915
• * The False Stampede, (ss) Colliers Jan 16 1915